Scientific and Technical Achievements to Be Honored with Academy Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 17 winners of Scientific and Technical Academy Awards, which will be presented at The Beverly Hilton on Saturday, February 18. Unlike other Academy Awards, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards do not have to have been developed and introduced during 2005.

Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical achievements for 2005 are:

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (ACADEMY CERTIFICATE)

--Gary Thieltges for the design and development of the remotely-operated, lightweight camera head known as the Sparrow Head.

--To Frank Fletcher and Dave Sherwin for the introduction and continuing development of the Power Pod modular camera head system.

--To Alvah Miller, Michael Sorensen and J. Walt Adamczyk for the design and development of the Aerohead motion control camera head and the J-Viz Pre-Visualization system.

--To Scott Leva for the design and development of the Precision Stunt Airbag for motion picture stunt falls.

--To Lev Yevstratov, George Peters and Vasiliy Orlov for the development of the Ultimate Arm Camera Crane System for specialized vehicle photography.

--To James Rodnunsky, Alex MacDonald and Mark Chapman for the development of the Cablecam 3-D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies.

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